debilitar
Portuguese, verb/de.bi.liˈta(ʁ)/
debilitar is spelled D-E-B-I-L-I-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Debilitar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to enervate (to reduce strength or energy; debilitate)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enfraquecer”.
What does debilitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enervate (to reduce strength or energy; debilitate)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. enfraquecer 2. abater 3. tornar débil
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of debilitar
- debilito first-person present singular
- debilitei first-person preterite singular
- debilitado participle past
- debilitares infinitive second-person singular
- debilitarmos first-person infinitive plural
- debilitardes infinitive plural second-person
- debilitarem infinitive plural third-person
- debilitando gerund
- debilitados masculine participle past
- debilitada feminine participle past
- debilitadas feminine participle past
- debilitas indicative present second-person
- debilita indicative present singular
- debilitamos first-person indicative plural
- debilitais indicative plural present
- debilitam indicative plural present
- debilitava first-person imperfect indicative
- debilitavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce debilitar?
- Brazil /de.bi.liˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.bi.liˈta(h)]
- /de.bi.liˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to debilitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is debilitar in Portuguese?
debilitar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).